Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson (born 17 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for GPSO 92 Issy in the French Division 2 Féminine. Born in Canada, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.
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Full name | Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 24) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | GPSO 92 Issy | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
Toronto Eagles SC | |||||||||||||
Unionville Milliken SC | |||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2016–2018 | Carleton Ravens | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2019 | Papakura City | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021 | P18 IK | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||
2022 | Simcoe County Rovers | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
2022– | GPSO 92 Issy | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Jamaica U-20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018– | Jamaica | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2018 |
Jamieson was born to a Jamaican father and a Grenadian mother.[1] She started playing soccer at age 6.[2] She attended Bayview Glen School, winning the Elite Athlete Award.[3] She played youth soccer with Toronto Eagles SC and Unionville Milliken SC.[4] She was awarded the 2017 Grenada Association of Toronto Diaspora Award.[5]
She played for Carleton University from 2016 to 2018 and suffered from an injury in 2017. In 2019, she gave up her college eligibility in order to play professionally overseas in New Zealand to improve her chances for the Jamaican national team selection for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6]
In 2019, she joined New Zealand club Papakura City.[7]
In 2021, Yazmeen signed a short-term contract with the Swedish club P18 IK in the second division.[8] She started 6 out of the seven matches she was there for and helped bring the team to the final playoffs round. The team won the final match therefore promoting them to Division 1 in Sweden.[9]
In 2022, she joined Canadian club Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario.[10]
In September 2022, she joined GPSO 92 Issy in the French Division 2 Féminine.[11]
In 2013, at age 15, while on a tour to Jamaica with her youth club team, the Jamaican women's technical director learned of her Jamaican heritage and arranged for her to trial with the Jamaican U20 team.[1][5] Soon after, she made the roster for the Jamaican U17 team for the U17 World Cup qualifier, however, she was unable to secure her Jamaican citizenship and passport in time and was unable to join the team.[5]
In November 2017, she received her first cap to the Jamaica U20.[12] She was later named to the roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[13]
In 2018, she was named to the Jamaica senior team for the first time.[2][14]
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